Pipe organ



H. F. WATERS PIPE ORGAN Filed April 15, 1929 ATTO/B/VEV Patented Dec. 8, 1931 PATENT OFFICE HARRY I. WATERS, OF WINDHAH COUNTY, VERMONT PIPE ORGAN Application filed April 15,

This invention relates generally to pipe organs and more specifically to an improved portable pipe organ adapted for home or theatre use, the predominant object of the invention being to produce an improved pipe organ of this type which is shaped to conform substantially to the shape of a grand piano.

Of late years there has been a great demand for pipe organs of modern construction which might conveniently be used in homes and in smaller theatres of insufiicient dimensions to give the necessary space to a modern pipe organ of the common and well known type. Also there has been ademand for a portable pipe organ which might be moved onto a stage for a concert by an organist.

Prior to this invention no portable pipe organ of modern construction has been pro.- duced which would meet the needs referred to above and I have, therefore, devised the pipe organ disclosed inthe present application, which briefly stated has the shape and general appearance of a grand piano. My improved pipe organ includes a casing which has the shape referred to and within this casing I arrange all of the pipes, the wind chest, valve units, and all other elements which go to make up the complete organ. In short, except for the. keyboard and a portion of the casing at the bottom of the forward portion thereof, my improved pipe organ is an exact reproduction of a grand piano, hence, the

. pipe organ disclosed herein has all of the beauty of a grand piano and may be moved about as a unit with equal facility.

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section showing my improved pipe or an.

Figure 2 is a rontelevation of the pipe organ shown in Figure 1, portions of the casing thereof being broken away to reveal the interior construction and arrangement of the pipe organ.

In the drawings, wherein is shown for the purpose of illustration merely one embodimentof my invention, A designates my improved pipe organ which comprises a casing 1 shaped to resemble a grand piano, said casing comprising the usual body portion 2 sup- 1929. Serial No. 355,246.

ported on pairs of forwardly positioned legs 3 and a pair of rear legs 4. t the pairs of forward legs 3, the casing 1 is provided with a downwardly extended portion 5, said downwardly extended portion being produced by rectangularly arranged walls 6 which produce a chamber or compartment 7 preferably open at the bottom. The walls 6 are fixed to the legs 3 of the casing and as a result the downwardly extended portion 5 is an integral part of the casing.

Located in the chamber or compartment 7 within the downwardly extended portion 5 of the casing preferably at the bottom thereofis the wind chest 8 of my improved pipe organ, said Wind chest being of the construction common to wind chests of pipe organs and being supported prefer-ably by being attached in any suitable manner to the rectangular walls 6 of the downwardly extended portion 5 of the organ casing. The wind chest 8 will have associated with it suitable means for forcing air into the wind chest under pressure. This means may be of any desired construction and may be manually, mechanically or electrically actuated and controlled, but as such means are of well known construction and arrangement I do not deem it necessary to illustrate or describe same herein.

Arranged within the compartment or chamber 7 and immediately above the wind chest 8 therein is a row of relatively short pipes 9. This row of pipes extends transversely of the organ at a point adjacent to the forward portion of the wind chest 8 and said pipes are disposed perpendicularly throughout their entire length as shown in Figure 1. Located within the compartment or chamber 7 rearwardly of the row of pipes 9 are three rows of pipes which are designated by the reference characters 10; 11 and 12. The rows, of pipes 9, 1O 11 and 12 are spaced from front to rear of the compartment or chamber 7 as shown in Figure 1 and the pipes of the respective rows of pipes are spaced transversely of the organ as shown in Figure 2. Each pipe of the rows of pipes 10, 11 and 12 has an angular shape'as shown clearly in Figure 1 ,that is to say each of said pipes has a forward portion 13 which is arranged sub stantially perpendicular within the compartment or chamber 7 above the wind chest, and

a portion 14: which is arranged at an approximate-right angle to the first mentioned portion. The portions 14 of the pipes 10, 11 and 12 are disposed substantially horizontal within the body portion 2 of the casing l of the organ, the horizontal portions ofthe pipes of V the respective rows of pipes beingarranged one above the ure 1..

V I The pipes of the organ are of common coni struction, hence, need not be illustrated or described in detail herein, and also the toe portions of said pipes are seated in arrysuitable manner at apertures formed through the top wall of the wind chest wherehyair pass through said apertures from said wind chest into said pipes to cause said pipes. to

speak. The passage of air from the wind chest '8': into the pipes of the organ is. controlled by valvennits, preferably though not necessarily of the magnetic type,whieh are located at the apertures formed. through the top wall of the wind chest and these valve units are under control of keys 15 forming parts of the key board 8 of theorgan as is ordinarily the case, Also the key board B of the organ includes other keys such as the stop keys 16 which control operation of certain mechalength'in this specification, it being-under stood that any of the various means emportion of the casing ploycd for'these purposes inmodernpipe or= gans may be incorporated in my lmproved pipe organ. 7 r

. The body portion 2 of the pipe organ A serves asa swellb ox,the top wall of said body portion being provided with a plurality of shuttersl'l" which are hingedly supported in the manner common to shutters of swell boxes whereby they may be adjusted to various positions and thus control the volume of sound issuing from the interior of the body theflorgan are located. 7 Each of the shutters is pivotally connected to a reciprocal operating meinberlSand this reciprocal operating member is in mm operatively connected to an operatingelement 19 which islocated convenient to the position of theperson playing the organ, 7 Inother words theoperating element maybe in the form of a lever as illus' trated in the drawings, or if preferredsaid V 7 operating element 19 may have the form of'a pedal. fln either event, theoperating ele other shown; clearly in said casing,

wherein the pipes of ment serves as a means which permits the person operating the pipe organ to adjust the shuttersl? to various positions whereby the volume of sound passing through the top key-scooperatively associated with said pipes to ,permit'sounding thereof, said casing including a horizontally disposed portion and avertically disposediportion and certain of the individualpi pes being located par tly'in said horizontalportion and partlyv in said vertical portion... 7

pipe' organ. comprising a casing shaped to resemble a grand piano, a plurality of pipes, all ofsaid pipes being located with a key board comprised oi keys cooperatively associated with said: pipes topcrmit sounding thereof, said casing in cluding ahori'zontally disposedportionand a vertically disposed portion and certain of the individual pipes being located partly, in sai; horizontal portion and partlyinvsaid vertical portion, and a wind chest located at the bot; tom; of said vertical portion of saidcasing,

' 3. A pipe organ comprising a casing shaped to resemble. a grand piano, a plurality ofpipes, all of said pipesbeing locatedwithin said casing, a key boardicornprised of keys cooperatively associated with sa d pipes to permit sounding thereof andl adjustable shutters supported at the top wall ofthe casto'control the'volume of sound issuing therefrom when the organ said casing, including a horizontally disposed portion and a vertically disposed portion and certain ofthe individual pipes being located partly in the horizontal portion and partly in the vertical portion. 7 p 1 4. A pipe organ comprising a casing shaped to resemble a-gi'and piano, a plurality of pipes, all ofsaid pipes being locatedwitl 7 in said casing,'a key board comprised. oflreys cooperatively associated with said pipesto permit sounding thereof, adjustable shutters supported at the top wall of the'casing to control the volumeof sound issuing therefrom when the organ is being played, and means for imparting moyement'ito, said said casin g including a horizontally disposed portion and arvertioally disposed portion and certain of theinfdividual pipes beinglocated partly in the horizontal portion and partly in the vertical portion 1 i Intestimony whereof,- I have hereunto set myhand i I i HARRY F. TATER S.

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